[Claude takes his own drink and thanks the server, before continuing to listen to Dimitri's story. His expression seems to freeze for a second, as if he can't quite believe what he's hearing, before he laughs.]
I see! I think I have an idea of why I took that gamble. [Why he of all people would take such a gamble, putting his life in their hands when he had introduced himself to Byleth as 'the embodiment of distrust'. It wasn't a decision he would have made lightly.]
Remember that time we got attacked by bandits, and I ran away to save my own skin? [He grins. How could any of them forget, really.] You thought the opposite, that I was being selfless and using myself a decoy. That stuck with me, because it taught me a lot about how you think.
So... If you'd regained enough of yourself to focus on saving the Kingdom over getting revenge, that's why I would have felt I could trust you. You wouldn't turn away the Alliance if we were in trouble, especially if the Empire taking the bait gave you such a perfect opening. Right?
[Of course, it still could have backfired disastrously, but it seems like with his back against the wall like that, he wouldn't have much choice except to believe they'd pull through.]
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Date: 2022-02-18 09:39 am (UTC)I see! I think I have an idea of why I took that gamble. [Why he of all people would take such a gamble, putting his life in their hands when he had introduced himself to Byleth as 'the embodiment of distrust'. It wasn't a decision he would have made lightly.]
Remember that time we got attacked by bandits, and I ran away to save my own skin? [He grins. How could any of them forget, really.] You thought the opposite, that I was being selfless and using myself a decoy. That stuck with me, because it taught me a lot about how you think.
So... If you'd regained enough of yourself to focus on saving the Kingdom over getting revenge, that's why I would have felt I could trust you. You wouldn't turn away the Alliance if we were in trouble, especially if the Empire taking the bait gave you such a perfect opening. Right?
[Of course, it still could have backfired disastrously, but it seems like with his back against the wall like that, he wouldn't have much choice except to believe they'd pull through.]